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CVE-2014-8091

Public on 2014-12-10
Modified on 2015-01-15
Description

It was found that the X.Org server did not properly handle SUN-DES-1 (Secure RPC) authentication credentials. A malicious, unauthenticated client could use this flaw to crash the X.Org server by submitting a specially crafted authentication request.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
2.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 xorg-x11-server 2015-01-15 14:49 ALAS-2015-470

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 2.3 AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P